Chris Alfonso (Miami, FL) is a Cuban-American tenor and pianist praised for his supple and exuberant lyric tenor voice (San Diego Story). Alfonso received his M.M. in Opera Performance from the Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland, where he studied with Gran Wilson. Presently, Alfonso is a Tyler Young Artist with Opera on the James, where in the fall season he played the role of Goro and covered the role of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and in the spring season performed the role of Tamino in a touring outreach production of The Magic Flute, among other engagements. He was recently seen as a Studio Artist with Opera Neo in recital and in their mainstage productions covering the roles of Nemorino and Ubaldo from L’elisir d’amore and Armida, respectively, as a Choral Fellow with Spoleto Festival USA, and as a performing cover with Opera Baltimore. Alfonso has also recently performed the roles of Mayor Upfold (Albert Herring), Fenton (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor), Ferrando, Don Ottavio; Rodolfo and Edgardo in partial roles; and Santa Anna (Orgullo) in his Off-Broadway debut at The Public Theater.